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but michelle, are you okay? >> i'm doing all right. [ laughter ] >> reporter: something tells me you'll get through. michelle, good to see you. ahead, new revelations about what happened inside that cleveland home. you know the story where the three women were held captive. and a local reporter tells us about crossing paths with a suspected kidnappers. plus we investigate one of the largest nursing home chains that has facilities there in california. how your taxpayer dollars may be paying for therapy that seniors don't need. and the ceo of coca-cola is with us today to unveil big changes to fight obesity. the news is back in the morning. we'll see you at 7:00. michelle, back to you. and hang in there. frank's coming back. >> i will hang in there. all right, gayle, thanks so much. >>> a new gene test may guide the treatment for prostate cancer. ucsf and cleveland clinic researchers say the test created by redwood city company genomic health uses a biopsy sample to look at the tumor's genetics. doctors think many
but michelle, are you okay? >> i'm doing all right. [ laughter ] >> reporter: something tells me you'll get through. michelle, good to see you. ahead, new revelations about what happened inside that cleveland home. you know the story where the three women were held captive. and a local reporter tells us about crossing paths with a suspected kidnappers. plus we investigate one of the largest nursing home chains that has facilities there in california. how your taxpayer dollars may be...
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>> reporter: that's exactly right, michelle. one of those suspects is one of three now in custody with san jose police. we do know the names of all three suspects and the charges they will be facing. they were caught thanks to a san jose police officer with a good memory. here's how it all unfolded. at around 2:00 this morning, police got a call of a robbery at a 7-eleven at kirk and foxworthy. the suspect was described as an armed woman with a long barreled revolver. police say she took a small amount of cash and lottery tickets before getting away. as officers were trying to catch up with her, one officer in particular remembered the same exact description from two other robberies that happened in san jose almost a month ago. >> when the officer tried to turn around and actually make contact with that suspect vehicle, he realized that the driver matched a description of the armed robbery that occurred about an hour and a half ago. when he got behind the vehicle, the vehicle decided to flee at which point we pursued the vehicle
>> reporter: that's exactly right, michelle. one of those suspects is one of three now in custody with san jose police. we do know the names of all three suspects and the charges they will be facing. they were caught thanks to a san jose police officer with a good memory. here's how it all unfolded. at around 2:00 this morning, police got a call of a robbery at a 7-eleven at kirk and foxworthy. the suspect was described as an armed woman with a long barreled revolver. police say she took...
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>> reporter: that's exactly right, michelle. she was one of the people who was in the car with the robbery suspects who are now just learning as identified as sherry gonzalez. this is information that we are just getting right now. we are at the intersection of silver creek and yerba buena road where that high-speed chase ended with a car driving up into this tree right over here and san jose police say it was thanks to a vigilant officer that three suspects are now in custody. here's how it unfolded. at around 2:00 this morning, police got a call of a robbery at a 7-eleven at kirk and foxworthy. the suspect was described as an armed woman with a long barreled revolver. police say she took a small amount of cash and lottery tickets before getting away. as officers were trying to catch up with her, one officer in particular remembered the same exact description from two other robberies that happened in san jose almost a month ago. in those robberies, the suspect dumped their getaway car at an apartment complex near where we're st
>> reporter: that's exactly right, michelle. she was one of the people who was in the car with the robbery suspects who are now just learning as identified as sherry gonzalez. this is information that we are just getting right now. we are at the intersection of silver creek and yerba buena road where that high-speed chase ended with a car driving up into this tree right over here and san jose police say it was thanks to a vigilant officer that three suspects are now in custody. here's how...
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i'm michelle griego. frank has the morning off. time now is 5:00. >>> marin county commuters to san francisco could be in for a bumpy slow ride this morning. kpix 5 reporter anne makovec is at the golden gate bridge with an update on this very messy pavement problem. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, and i have good news on both fronts. it should be a smoother ride hopefully no hazards flying at your windshield, and the traffic should be basically back to normal. definitely different than what we saw during yesterday's morning commute. the problem over the last 24 hours was some paving work that was done overnight monday. the asphalted unraveled because of the way it was set. it was papered so it would be a smoother drive. but that plan backfired. the asphalt began to break up and sent pieces of rock everywhere during yesterday's morning commute. >> the golden gate bridge we had to nice smooth paper but the paper didn't hold up. >> reporter: so then yesterday afternoon bridge officials partially shut down the freeway for a s
i'm michelle griego. frank has the morning off. time now is 5:00. >>> marin county commuters to san francisco could be in for a bumpy slow ride this morning. kpix 5 reporter anne makovec is at the golden gate bridge with an update on this very messy pavement problem. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, and i have good news on both fronts. it should be a smoother ride hopefully no hazards flying at your windshield, and the traffic should be basically back to normal....
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michelle? >> vin neatta, how is it that the brothers are not facing charges but they are still being held? >> that is certainly the question a lot of people here in cleveland are asking. the reality though is that fbi authorities say they had lengthy interviews with the three women as well as castro himself and it appears at this time that as unbelievable as it sounds, these other two brothers had no involvement in either the abduction or the physical harm played out during the 10 years. right now they are still in custody being held for outstanding warrants on some misdemeanor charges. >> and vinita, now that we know investigators have spoken with the women, do we know how often they were allowed outside of that home? >> reporter: it's one more horrific detail. in that whole 10 years, they were outside twice. the women say that they were forced to wear disguises and keep in mind, we now know more of the details in that home. the women admit they had multiple miscarriages. they say they were be
michelle? >> vin neatta, how is it that the brothers are not facing charges but they are still being held? >> that is certainly the question a lot of people here in cleveland are asking. the reality though is that fbi authorities say they had lengthy interviews with the three women as well as castro himself and it appears at this time that as unbelievable as it sounds, these other two brothers had no involvement in either the abduction or the physical harm played out during the 10...
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i'm michelle griego. frank has the morning off. time now is 5:00. >>> marin county commuters to san francisco could be in for a bumpy slow ride this morning. kpix 5 reporter anne makovec is at the golden gate bridge with an update on this very messy pavement problem. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, and i have good news on both fronts. it should be a smoother ride hopefully no hazards flying at your windshield, and the traffic should be basically back to normal. definitely differen
i'm michelle griego. frank has the morning off. time now is 5:00. >>> marin county commuters to san francisco could be in for a bumpy slow ride this morning. kpix 5 reporter anne makovec is at the golden gate bridge with an update on this very messy pavement problem. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, and i have good news on both fronts. it should be a smoother ride hopefully no hazards flying at your windshield, and the traffic should be basically back to normal....
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. >> reporter: good morning, michelle. this could be another delay in the opening of the bay bridge. the concern now is the safety rods in the base of the bridge. cal trans says more than 400 rods may be vulnerable to breaking. all eyes are on the tower because the rods are threaded inside the structure. the concern is over the way these rods were manufactured. the fear is they could crack or break like the ones that snapped in march. >> of all the rods, only 96 have proven to suffered. >> safety is the number one factor of driving the schedule in terms of the bridge opening. >> reporter: bay bridge spokes person says more than 2,000 fasteners have been examined. but that type of hard steal has been banned from bridges by cal trans. we asked why they would use this type of seal, they told us there are certain times exceptions can be made. back to you. >> many of us are wondering can we expect the bridge to open up on time? >> reporter: that's still the very big question. and after all this, really it's going to be up to el
. >> reporter: good morning, michelle. this could be another delay in the opening of the bay bridge. the concern now is the safety rods in the base of the bridge. cal trans says more than 400 rods may be vulnerable to breaking. all eyes are on the tower because the rods are threaded inside the structure. the concern is over the way these rods were manufactured. the fear is they could crack or break like the ones that snapped in march. >> of all the rods, only 96 have proven to...
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. >> i'm michelle griego. time now 6:00. the suspect until the cleveland kidnappings is in court this morning. >> and we have a look inside that courtroom where the 52- year-old suspect is making his first appearance since being arrested monday. he is facing kidnapping and rape charges. his two older brothers are not being charged. you can see him standing in that courtroom with his head down. just a little earlier he was actually at the podium turning sideways facing what we believe to be his lawyer. we have more information about how the suspect allegely lured his victims and also the tight control they were under in his house. cbs reporter vinita nair is outside of the courtroom in cleveland this morning and she has more on what is going to happen inside that courtroom. vinita. >> reporter: good morning. just moments ago, 52-year-old ariel castro the primary suspect in the case was seen in public for the first time. he kept his eyes down, didn't say anything, he didn't even look at the judge when she set his bond at $2 mi
. >> i'm michelle griego. time now 6:00. the suspect until the cleveland kidnappings is in court this morning. >> and we have a look inside that courtroom where the 52- year-old suspect is making his first appearance since being arrested monday. he is facing kidnapping and rape charges. his two older brothers are not being charged. you can see him standing in that courtroom with his head down. just a little earlier he was actually at the podium turning sideways facing what we...
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i'm frank mallicoat. >> and i'm michelle griego. time now is 6:00 . we're following breaking news in the east bay. this morning police have raided a track of land where occupy protestors were camping out. still on the scene right now and cate caugurian is in albany to bring us the very latest. >> we're told that ucpd had been here since 4:30 this morning. you can take a look. there are dozens of police officers still on scene. they are
i'm frank mallicoat. >> and i'm michelle griego. time now is 6:00 . we're following breaking news in the east bay. this morning police have raided a track of land where occupy protestors were camping out. still on the scene right now and cate caugurian is in albany to bring us the very latest. >> we're told that ucpd had been here since 4:30 this morning. you can take a look. there are dozens of police officers still on scene. they are
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and her friends, michelle estrera who she worked with in fresno. anna al can tarot of san lorenzo and jenny balon of dublin. a fifth unidentified woman was also found in the burned-out car. kpix 5 stopped by the home of jenny balon yesterday where she was being remembered by her husband john for the way she loved her family. she leaves behind a 2-year-old son and 10-year-old daughter, who are having a hard time understanding their mom is not coming home. >> mommy's happy now. she's already in heaven because she believes is jesus christ as her savior and she goes to heaven now and she's happy now so we should be happy for her. >> reporter: her husband says she was looking forward to her first limo ride with friends from the fruitvale health center. relatives found comfort by holding prayer sessions in her home. the balons moved to dublin from the philippines five years ago and this summer, they were planning to return to celebrate jenny's 40th birthday. that party will now be a memorial with family and friends. live in foster city, elissa harrington
and her friends, michelle estrera who she worked with in fresno. anna al can tarot of san lorenzo and jenny balon of dublin. a fifth unidentified woman was also found in the burned-out car. kpix 5 stopped by the home of jenny balon yesterday where she was being remembered by her husband john for the way she loved her family. she leaves behind a 2-year-old son and 10-year-old daughter, who are having a hard time understanding their mom is not coming home. >> mommy's happy now. she's...
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. >> i'm michelle griego. time now is 6:00. >>> a bizarre accident this morning at valley medical center in san jose. a minivan crashed into the hospital's lobby. well, that minivan was removed from the lobby just a short time ago. and vmc says the driver of the minivan has been brought to the emergency room. kcbs radio's matt bigler snapped these pictures from the lobby. no word yet on the driver's condition. it's unclear what caused the accident, which happened around 4 a.m. >>> now to some developing news we have been following this morning. san francisco's landmark forbes island restaurant has been badly damaged by fire. it sits between piers 39 and 41. kpix 5 reporter cate caugiran joins us live with more on the fire and how the owner risked his life to save his restaurant. cate. >> reporter: san francisco fire tells me they do have a cause at this point. they say it is accidental. we want to show you the damage now that there is a bit of light outside. you can take a look. that front part of the restaura
. >> i'm michelle griego. time now is 6:00. >>> a bizarre accident this morning at valley medical center in san jose. a minivan crashed into the hospital's lobby. well, that minivan was removed from the lobby just a short time ago. and vmc says the driver of the minivan has been brought to the emergency room. kcbs radio's matt bigler snapped these pictures from the lobby. no word yet on the driver's condition. it's unclear what caused the accident, which happened around 4 a.m....
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good morning. >> good morning frank and michelle. ahead, how much damage will the irs scandal cause for the white house? we'll ask political director. summer travel is about to get more expensive and time consumer. peter green burg is here to help. and this, the youngest woman to become a self made billionaire. the founder of spanx will talk about donating half her fortune to charity. >> we love spanx in this studio. >> yes, we do. >>> check this out. a creeping crawling ice tsunami. people watched in disbelief as high winds push ice. completely covered with a big sheet of ice. in some spots piled as high as 30 feet. they need sunshine in a big way. >> they need a little heat. >> one of the worst winters to remember there. some of the ice there 2 feet thick. they can't fish. fishing season started and still drilling holes. >> ice fishing. >> doesn't sound good. i'll bring that california sunshine. plenty of that today as high pressure sits overheat. changes are in the works. patchy fog this morning. overlooking san jose and levi stad
good morning. >> good morning frank and michelle. ahead, how much damage will the irs scandal cause for the white house? we'll ask political director. summer travel is about to get more expensive and time consumer. peter green burg is here to help. and this, the youngest woman to become a self made billionaire. the founder of spanx will talk about donating half her fortune to charity. >> we love spanx in this studio. >> yes, we do. >>> check this out. a creeping...
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michelle? >> all right. elissa harrington live in san jose, thank you. >>> well, that horrifying fire scene was captured on cell phone video. roxana and carlos guzman had their cell phone cameras rolling as they were driving past the scene of that deadly fire on saturday night. they didn't know at the time though that five women were trapped inside that burning car. >>> just like me, i have been on that limo before. i still feel bad because maybe -- >> i'm still in shock. i can't believe it. my condolences to the family. >> the guzmans didn't learn until yesterday that the fire they saw saturday night killed five women. >>> a family limousine business has been around for 20 years, he won't speculate on the cause of saturday night's fatal fire but gives us some insight into the industry regulations and safety procedures. he says fire extinguishers are not required in limos, but he says that customers should know limo fires are not common. >> they hold up to 20 gallons of gas. so it does hold a lot of gas, but
michelle? >> all right. elissa harrington live in san jose, thank you. >>> well, that horrifying fire scene was captured on cell phone video. roxana and carlos guzman had their cell phone cameras rolling as they were driving past the scene of that deadly fire on saturday night. they didn't know at the time though that five women were trapped inside that burning car. >>> just like me, i have been on that limo before. i still feel bad because maybe -- >> i'm still in...
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i'm michelle griego. >> glad it's here. i'm frank mallicoat. nearly 5:00 now. we begin with breaking news. san francisco's landmark forbes island restaurant has been badly damaged by fire. it sits between piers 39 and 4. kpix 5 reporter cate caugiran joins us now with more on the fire. >> reporter: fire investigators are still on scene. you can take a look right now. you can see that san francisco fire boat is just pulling out. earlier they were sifting through the rubble to figure out how this started. san francisco fire got a call around 2574 this morning. fire officials say the owner was on the island when it started around 2:54 this morning and tried to put the fire out with a garden hose. unfortunately, the flames were too much for him. firefighters say they were able to put out the fire within minutes but the biggest challenge was getting aboard the island. >> a fire boat came here and they put it out with some monitors. then they boarded the island and used hand lines to put it out. >> reporter: was anyone here when it happened?
i'm michelle griego. >> glad it's here. i'm frank mallicoat. nearly 5:00 now. we begin with breaking news. san francisco's landmark forbes island restaurant has been badly damaged by fire. it sits between piers 39 and 4. kpix 5 reporter cate caugiran joins us now with more on the fire. >> reporter: fire investigators are still on scene. you can take a look right now. you can see that san francisco fire boat is just pulling out. earlier they were sifting through the rubble to figure...
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i'm michelle griego. >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. it's 5:00. we are a half hour away from the first court appearance for the cleveland kidnapping suspects. he tried to hide his face as police escorted him past cameras. >> what do you have to say to those women! how could you do that! what kind of monster does this! >> 52-year-old ariel castro has now been charged with four counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape. cbs reporter vinita nair joins us now from cleveland with
i'm michelle griego. >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. it's 5:00. we are a half hour away from the first court appearance for the cleveland kidnapping suspects. he tried to hide his face as police escorted him past cameras. >> what do you have to say to those women! how could you do that! what kind of monster does this! >> 52-year-old ariel castro has now been charged with four counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape. cbs reporter vinita nair joins us now from...
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michelle has the morning off. >> i'm frank mallicoat. it is 5:30. a fire tearing through a beauty salon overnight. >> the crews couldn't get inside the business for a while. melissa harrington is live where the arson investigator is now on scene. >> reporter: good morning. >>> fire investigators out with their flashlights and cameras taking pictures. you're looking at what is left of two businesses destroyed by the early morning fire. i'm on sharon drive in west san jose. the fire started at around 2:00 and it took firefighters an entire hour to get it under control. what you are looking at is what is left of silk day spa and salon and advanced results. flames tore through the building early this morning. firefighters say they were fighting 20-foot flames. it was too dangerous to go inside so they had to fight it from the outside. >> the building was fully involved. fire crews went defensive which means that we weren't going to enter due to the amount of fire in fear of collapse. the building appears to be a total loss. we had a total collapse of th
michelle has the morning off. >> i'm frank mallicoat. it is 5:30. a fire tearing through a beauty salon overnight. >> the crews couldn't get inside the business for a while. melissa harrington is live where the arson investigator is now on scene. >> reporter: good morning. >>> fire investigators out with their flashlights and cameras taking pictures. you're looking at what is left of two businesses destroyed by the early morning fire. i'm on sharon drive in west san...
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i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm michelle griego. time now is 6:00. >>> a bizarre accident this morning at valley medical center in san jose. a minivan crashed into the hospital's lobby. well, that minivan was removed from the lobby just a short time ago. and vmc says the driver of the minivan has been brought to the emergency room. kcbs radio's matt bigler snapped these pictures from the lobby. no word yet on the driver's condition. it's unclear what caused the accident, which happened around 4 a.m. >>> noto
i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm michelle griego. time now is 6:00. >>> a bizarre accident this morning at valley medical center in san jose. a minivan crashed into the hospital's lobby. well, that minivan was removed from the lobby just a short time ago. and vmc says the driver of the minivan has been brought to the emergency room. kcbs radio's matt bigler snapped these pictures from the lobby. no word yet on the driver's condition. it's unclear what caused the accident, which...
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i'm michelle griego. >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. time now is 6:clock. >>> developing news this morning. the search for the cause of a limousine fire that killed five people and hospitalized four others. >> the coroner has never seen anything so bad. the four female survivors are suffering from burns and smoke inhalation. the fire happened saturday night in the back of the limousine on the san mateo bridge. but the cause remains under investigation this morning. but chp plans a news conference later this morning. the limo driver was the only one who was not injured in the accident. kpix 5 reporter elissa harrington with the developing news right now from the valley medical center down in san jose. she joins us with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. two of the survivors are here at valley medical center in critical condition. the other two at the icu at stanford hospital. these women were on their way to a bachelorette party when their limo suddenly burst into flames as it was traveling over the san mateo bridge. four wer
i'm michelle griego. >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. time now is 6:clock. >>> developing news this morning. the search for the cause of a limousine fire that killed five people and hospitalized four others. >> the coroner has never seen anything so bad. the four female survivors are suffering from burns and smoke inhalation. the fire happened saturday night in the back of the limousine on the san mateo bridge. but the cause remains under investigation this morning....
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michelle has the morning off. and we begin with breaking news down in san jose. a salon burns down on the west side of the city. the fire started three hours ago and firefighters are still on the scene. melissa is there to bring us now the very latest. good morning. >> good morning, frank. we are on sharon drive in west san jose. the fire broke out around 2:00 a.m. and it took firefighters an hour to get it under control. i do have the fire captain with the san jose fire department. what more can you tell us? there's two buildings destroyed; right. >> one building but two businesses within that one building. when we got here this morning, the building
michelle has the morning off. and we begin with breaking news down in san jose. a salon burns down on the west side of the city. the fire started three hours ago and firefighters are still on the scene. melissa is there to bring us now the very latest. good morning. >> good morning, frank. we are on sharon drive in west san jose. the fire broke out around 2:00 a.m. and it took firefighters an hour to get it under control. i do have the fire captain with the san jose fire department. what...
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i'm michelle griego. >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. nearly 5:00 now. we have some breaking news this morning out of san jose where a fire has forced evacuations at a large apartment building. the fire department says it began in a car and at this point, it is contained to a parking garage under the building on sands drive. that's near the curtner avenue- guadalupe freeway interchange. two people who were inside the garage are being treated right now for smoke inhalation. we'll have the latest later in the show. >>> the coroner says he has never seen anything so horrific as this limousine fire that left five members of a bachelorette party dead. 4 other women are in the hospital now suffering from burns and smoke inhalation. that fire saturday night apparently started in the back of the limousine, but the cause is under investigation this morning. the limo driver was the only one who was not injured. kpix 5 reporter elissa harrington joins us now with some developing knew from valley medical center in san jose. >> reporter: good morning. two of the vict
i'm michelle griego. >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. nearly 5:00 now. we have some breaking news this morning out of san jose where a fire has forced evacuations at a large apartment building. the fire department says it began in a car and at this point, it is contained to a parking garage under the building on sands drive. that's near the curtner avenue- guadalupe freeway interchange. two people who were inside the garage are being treated right now for smoke inhalation. we'll have...